How to Use dicey in a Sentence

dicey

adjective
  • Starting a business can be quite a dicey proposition.
  • The weather looks a little dicey this morning. I hope it doesn't rain.
  • Now, here’s where things got a bit dicey.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Winning them over could be dicey.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
  • May still be dicey getting the full race in.
    — Greg Cote may 3, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
  • After that, though, things get dicey.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
  • If the deficit goes to two or three, things get dicier.
    — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Not that there weren’t some dicey moments to go through first.
    — Stephen Schroats, star-telegram.com, 17 June 2017
  • This news comes at a dicey time for Star Wars as a whole.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Things may be getting dicey for the stock market.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But that can get a little more dicey as kids get older.
    — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Speight has to be a guy Michigan can lean on when things get dicey.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Things got dicey late, thanks to another rough day for the bullpen.
    — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 30 June 2019
  • Last year’s championships show just how dicey that event can be.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • After the team’s top five, though, things get much dicier.
    — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There was a time when riding a bike in the city was simple, if a bit dicey.
    — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Tears to Triumph Here’s where things start to get a bit dicey.
    — Caroline Tew, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • And even the politics of closing that tax break will be dicey.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Running back value on the open market can be dicey.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Knowing ahead of time that this is a dicey day, tread carefully!
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Throughout the season, the Hawks have proven to be a dicey matchup.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • But long-term prospects will be dicey until the waters recede.
    — Washington Post, 17 June 2019
  • Those water temps are very dicey and don’t allow for mistakes.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The appointment of a new medicine man is a dicey moment in the life of a tribe.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The prospect of enough GOP flips, then, made the math a bit dicey.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Suddenly, things will become very dicey for the club.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • There were certainly some dicey pins but at the same time there were guys that shot under par.
    — Geoff Shackelford, USA TODAY, 14 June 2018
  • That over will still be dicey as point projections are right around 48 for this game.
    — Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Coming out publicly at the end of the ‘60s was dicey, but didn’t phase him.
    — Niko Stratis, SPIN, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Handheld mode is a little dicier, if the footage is to be believed.
    — Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025

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